Showing posts with label Brusho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brusho. Show all posts

January 24, 2019

More Brusho Watercolor Crystals with the Butterfly Beauty Thinlits

Good Morning and Happy Thursday! It's early morning here in CNY, we're beginning to warm up a bit since the last time we "talked". And yes, my voice is beginning to improve. Still a bit raspy but I'm able get the words out. Forward progress right?

Anyhoo, I have another card using Brusho today. I've had fun this week playing with it. In this card, I used the "smooshing" technique where I sprinkled the color crystals onto my craft mat then spritzed them with water creating little puddles of color. I then took my Shimmery White cardstock and "smooshed" it into the ink. Once I was happy with the coverage, I used my heat tool to dry the ink so that I could adhere it to the front of my Night of Navy card base.
I then ran a piece of the Sale-a-bration Grapefruit Grove through the Big Shot with the Butterfly thinlit and a piece of Night of Navy with the other. I then layered the 2 butterfly pieces together using a little Snail adhesive then adhered them to the card front. This really was a quick and simple card to make and I truly enjoyed playing with my Brusho.

Until next time, stay warm and have a great day,
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January 22, 2019

Humming Along with Brusho Watercolor Crystals

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Holy FRIGID Tuesday too! It seems here in the Northeast we have plunged into an arctic blast! We got clobbered with a bit of snow, well, ok, a lot of snow over the weekend and now arctic air has taken over with wind chills of -25 and less. Makes me very grateful to have a warm fire to sit by as I write this, especially since I have a nice case of laryngitis to go along with a nice chest cold. Although, I think hubby may be enjoying my laryngitis a little too much? 
Anyhoo, I have a fun card to share with you. It features a the gorgeous Sale-a-bration paper, Grapefruit Grove Foil sheets and some awesome Brusho Watercolor Crystals. 

These foil sheets are amazing on their own, however, run through an embossing folder really makes them pop. Here I used the brand new Lace embossing folder found in the 2019 Occasions catalog. It's attached to a Thick Whisper White card base after I wrapped it with the Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon. I then layered a Whisper White oval cut with the Stitched Shapes dies onto a scalloped oval cut from Grapefruit Grove cardstock using the Layering Ovals Collection. For the flower and the Humming Bird, I stamped these images onto Shimmery White cardstock using Stazon Jet Black ink. I then colored in the flower with Brusho Watercolor Crystals using my Aquapainter. I diluted the color first and then painted in the flower. For the Humming Bird, I saturated the image with water from my Aquapainter, then sprinkled the color on, I then used my mister to move the color around a bit. I then dried both images with my heat tool and die cut them out using the coordinating die set. Both images were popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals and I was very generous with those Dimensionals to ensure the images didn't have any areas that would sag or "flop". Brusho Watercolor Crystals are a lot of fun to work with. There are so many ways to use them. Just pull them out and start playing with them and have fun!
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September 11, 2018

Pleasant Pheasants with Brusho Watercolor Crystals

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Well, today I have a card to share with you that I made with the brand new Pleasant Pheasants stamp set, which happens to be my product pick for this week, and I decided to pull out my Brusho Watercolor Crystals to see what I could come up with, and to put this card over the top, I decided to use alcohol mixed with the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint also found in the Holiday Catalog to activate the crystals, and here are the results!

To create this card, I started with a standard card base from Early Espresso, 8.5" x 5.5" scored and folded at 4.25". I also had a layer of Pumpkin Pie that measured 3.25" x 4.25" and a piece of Watercolor Paper that measured 3" x 4". I stamped my images in Stazon ink and then applied the crystals. I did the Yellow along the top, the Gamboge along the middle section and the Moss Green along the bottom. Using a Stampin' Spritzer, I added rubbing alcohol and about 2 large drops of the Champagne Mist Shimmer paint and spritzed the crystals. I did go back and add a few more crystals of each color and spritzed again and used a tissue to help move the color. The results, gorgeous! The photo doesn't do it any justice because I wasn't able to capture the sparkle, but it looked like diamond dust was added to the card front. It was Wink of Stella X 10 kind of sparkle. I then dried the piece using my heat tool and adhered it to the Pumpkin Pie panel with Snail adhesive. I did go a bit heavy on the Snail because the watercolor paper did warp a bit. I then wrapped some Linen Thread around the card base front twice and tied it into a bow. I then popped the image piece up on Stampin' Dimensionals to add it to the card front.  It really was a quick and easy card to make and I hope you give it a try too. Don't be afraid to use your Brusho Watercolor Crystals. They really are a lot of fun to use, every card will come out a little different, as the colors move differently each time, they also react a little different with alcohol compared to with water (with water they are much more reactive)

Well, I hope you enjoyed today's card, if you would like to watch me make this, be sure to stop by my FB business page where I did this card during a FB Live session.

In the meantime, Happy Stamping,







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February 11, 2018

Brusho For those Milestone Moments

Hello and Happy Sunday! I'm a bit late this evening but the day ran away from me..but it was a productive crafty day. I designed my swaps for an up coming demo swap I am participating in, I designed my cards for the Stampin' Blends club for the month (OMG...I'm loving how these came out!) just sayin' - but, they are exclusive to my Blends club. And I designed my card and typed up my tutorial for the tutorial coop I participate in.
Today my parents celebrate 49 years of marriage! Amazing right? Well, that leads me to the card I created for them today. I wanted to play some more with my Brusho and thought this was a perfect reason. And the best part....this card is so quick and simple! And who doesn't love quick and simple? This time, I pulled out my little paint pallet and tapped a little of the Brusho crystals into the wells, I used the red, Prussian Blue and Yellow and dropped some water from my Aqua Painter into the wells to create the watercolor. Then using my Aqua Painter, I picked up the liquid color and just "scribbled" it onto my Whisper White piece that measures 3 3/4" x 5".
Once I was happy with the color, I used my heat tool to dry the watercolor, flipping my paper occasionally to minimize the warping. I stamped the Happy Anniversary in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and wrapped a piece of the Night of Navy gingham ribbon around the piece and tied it into a bow. I adhered this down onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock cut 4" x 5 1/4" with Fast Fuse and adhered that all down to a standard card base of Daffodil Delight. I love blues and yellows together and this card was no exception.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. Below you will find everything you need to reproduce this card. If you would like to receive lots of free tutorials, please sign up for my newsletter here.
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